Scoop truck



Jan. 25, 1949.

H. A. WAGNER ETAL SCOOP TRUCK 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Harold /l. Wag/7 er GuJfave h. Wayne! INVE NTORS Filed March 12, 1946 BY {4 ATTORNEY Jan, 25, 1949. H. A. WAGNER ETAL,

' SCOOP TRUCK 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed March 12, 1946 Harv/d fl." Wagner Gus fa 4/6 H. Wagner lNVENTORS Q. d

ATTORNEY Patented Jan. 25, 1949 mm) STATES; new

sooor 'rno'ou Harold: A. -WagnerandiGnstave: Hi Wagner,

. Portland, Oreg.

Application Maren 12, 1946; Serial No. 653,747"

to another, particularly whensuchirnaterialsiarebeingmoved over rough or uneven surfaces-the ordinary-open-en-ded scoop is not satisfactory for the. purpose in thatmuchof thel'oad is. lostduring transportation due to the tilting'andijolting. of. the vehicle.

It is a general objectrof they-resent invention to providea new-and" improved vehicle-mounted scoop apparatus for handling. andhaulingiloose, I

bulk material.

A furtherobject of the invention is .toprovide a ncwand improved utilitytruck vehicle whichis. particularly suitable for scooping bulls material fromthe ground and moving the bulk'materialnto another. location.

Anotherobject is to provide. a; new and: im-- proved scoop arrangement for transporting: bulk: materials.

A.. still further objecttis to provide anewencl'f improved; scoop arrangement. having. means whereby bulk materials picked up by. the scoop" can' be retained therein. during: transportation;. which means is so designed. asin'ot. to: interfere.- with the dumping orv unloading of the scoop.

A further object is to provide, a new and improvediand highly maneuverable. scoop: arrange.- ment-Which is simple in design andzlow inmanufacturing costs.

In accordance with the. illustrated embodiment, the scoop truck comprises a vehiclerhaving. an upright structure on the front thereofz. A: scoop is-provided upon the upright; structure; it. being supported upon a carriage which: is arranged for vertical movement upon the upright: The scoop is pivotally mounted uponrthe carriageand. is normally retained in a-substantiallyhori.-- zontal position except when it is desired tounload the'scoop when it is caused to tilt; forwardly toa dumping position. Pivotally mounted on thescoop for closing the open or forward end thereof is a gate so constructed and arranged that itis: automatically opened during the scooping and-v the apparatus of the invention constructed in.-

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Referring particularly to Figs. 1 and: 2% of: the drawings a vehicleis illustratediincluding a body frontw-heels H; which are adaptedito'bei driven; by the engine (not shown) mountedwitihinthe body? I 0:: Therrear endiofi the vehicltisssupport'ed by a singiesnear: wheel l2 mountediupoirtheslower end oflasvertically'arranged column lazwhichi is" arranged; for.- freerotatiom about a; vertical! exis a-tiller air-m te being connected to: t lierupper endz of. the; column, [3 by means'of: which; steering-' m ovements Oi the vehiclemay be: controlled: by.

5 a driverpositionedi upon; theseat; I52 A5 tower' structure indicated? generally: at. t is mounted? upon the: forward; end: of the; vehicle; if): and? a scoopl'l SLLQDOItQdwbY: a carriage waisrairrangedt for vertical, movement upon the? towen structures The-tower structure I15 comprises?a-lower;v secetion Slhandan upper section fl hingedlwmountedi as. at, 32% onto. the-upper: end-of the lower; section. Both; sections are comprised: oft at pain-- of roletively heavy. cross-braced angle iron-uprights, the angle. irons of the lower section.- being; indi cated: by numerals: 33v and 34:, These: irons. are} so arranged] that thev forward flanges extend: in; aicommonplane and-away-flomieach otheodefin ing.v tracks for l the. rollers 2E}- and 24-; of: theseoop; carriages Ill Theother flanges? of. the rang-le iron? members extendrrearwardlyi of\- the vehicle and: are welded directly to the opPOsite:sidewallsaofi the vehicle; body adjacent the foremost. edges thereof. l

The lowermost ends: oi. the; angle iron; meme bersBS'and-M aregcurvedutearw-ardly asindicatedi atlgsinfligi liin orderr to cause a .downwardl-yt-tilt ing-ofv the scoop in the lowermost position thereofl wherebythe. f oriwa-rd edgeof; the seconds-brought substantially into; contact with the" ground? The upper endsof;- the: angle iron membersiifi andd-karerbraoedby rea-r-xuardlw extending-braces;

flfi-ewhich are welded atopposite-endsato thercor sheaveehlocksiflsecured thereto; aroundivehicle:is: trained aicableysk ThecableI-SQd's connected at one: endi to: awinch: drum: (not/shown)? providedi W thin-2 the: forward: portion: of the vehicle and at its other end to carriage l8. The upper section is braced in an upright position by a pair of removable angle iron braces 49 extending from the uppermost end of section 3| to the rearward portions of the sidewalls of the vehicle body. The braces 40 can be removed when desired to decrease the over-all height of the tower so that section 3| can be folded back into contact with braces 36, the crosshead and sheave 38 then being transferred to the upper end of the lower sec tion 30.

The carriage 18 comprises a pair of parallel rectangular steel side plates 40 and 4| and a unithe scoop is restricted by means of chain 1| secured at one end to the upper wall of the scoop,

' and at the other end to eye-bolt assembly 13 artermined tilted position. The scoop is automatitary cross member 42 spacing plates 40 and 4| apart and rigidly weldedi thereto along the side edges thereof. The cross member comprises a vertically extending back portion and a channel shaped upper end including a depending forward flange portion 43. Beneath the sloping foremost edge of the lower portion of the member 42 and extending across the width of the carriage in front of the side plates 40 and 4| is a tubular.

member 45 which is welded to the forward edges of the plates and the edge of the cross member 42 and which is adapted to receive a removable shaft 55. The flanged rollers 29 and 2| are rotatably mounted on the inside rear portion of plates 49 and 4|, the upper rollers 20 being arranged for riding on the rear surface of the upright angles 33 and 34 and the lower rollers 2| being arranged to ride on the front surfaces of these angles.

P The scoop H is of a width preferably substantially equal to or greater than the width of the front wheel assembly and comprises a bottom 50, opposite sidewalls and 52, a rear wall 53 and an "upper wall 54 extending over the rearmost portion only of the scoop. The scoop is mounted oncarriage I8 for movement between a generally horizontal loading position and a tilted or dumping position. Rigidly secured as by welding to the lower rear corners of the scoop are a pair of rearwardly extending bracket arms '55 which are loosely journaled upon the ends of the transversely extending shaft 56 removably extending through tubular member 45. The scoop is normally restrained against pivotal movement about shaft 56 by means of a latch hook 51 shown in detail in Fig. 5. The latch is pivotally secured as by pin 58 to lugs welded to the upper wall portion of the scoop and is biased downwardly by spring, IS. The end of the hook is adapted to' engage behind a cooperating shoulder formed by flattened portion 59 on the latch control shaft 69,

this shaft bein rotatably supported by suitable brackets welded to the upper wall portion of the carriage cross member 42.

' Rotation of shaft 69 in a clockwise direction as viewed in Fig.5, releases latch hook 51 from the shoulder 59. Means for effecting rotation of shaft BUcomprises a lever arm 63 (Fig. 4) having one end fixed to the end of shaft 60 and the other connected by a link to the central portion of a second leverarm 64. The lower end of lever arm 64 is pivotally secured to the sidewall 40 of the carriage while a manual control rope 61 is secured to the upper end of the arm. Spring 68 secured between lever arm 64 and the side of the carriage serves to bias the shaft 60 in a counterclockwise direction as viewed in Figs. 4 and 5, the forward travel of lever arm 64 being limited by contact with the end of shaft 60. When the latch 51 is released from the shoulder 59, the scoop will be freed for tilting to the dumping position illustrated in Fig. 4. Forward tilting movement of cally returned to the horizontal position upon lowering of the carriage and engagement of the scoop with the ground whereupon the latch 51 will automatically hook behind the squared shoulder 59 on shaft'69, the shaft having been returned to latching position by means of spring 68 after-release of the tension on rope 61. Rearward pivotal movement of the scoop is limited by the adjustable stop 99 secured in the depending flange '43 of the carriage unit.

Extending transversely across the forward or open end of the scoop is a gate '55 in the form of a relatively heavy rectangular steel sheet. Extending rearwardly from each end of the gate outside the sidewalls of the scoop are pivot arms 16 and 11, the rearmost ends of which are pivotally connected to the sidewalls 5| and 52 of he scoop by means of pins 18 and 19, Normally, when the scoop is in an elevated position the gate rests on the bottom of the scoop adjacent the forward ends of the sidewalls of the scoop. For automatically raising the gate to an open position when the scoop is lowered into contact with the groundthere is provided a rope or cable 80, one end of which is connected to the gate and the other end of which is connected to the top of the tower structure it as indicated at 82. The cable 8|) is of such a length that when the scoop is in its lowered position the gate will be raised as I shown in Fig. 1 to permit loading of the scoop.

As illustrated in Fig. 1 the lowermost ends 22 of the angle members 33 and 34 of the upright structure are bent slightlyrearwardly so that as the scoop carriage is dropped to the lowermost position, the foremost scoop edge is directed at a slightly downwardangle from a horizontal plane for the purpose of bringing the front edge of the scoop into engagement with the ground to facilitate the picking up of bulk material from the ground ahead of the vehicle. After the scoop is filled it is raised by means of cable 39. As the scoop carriage is raised upwardly and the lower rollers 2| pass abovethe rearwardly bent lower ends 22 of the angle irons the front end of the scoop is tilted upwardly at a slight angle above the horizontal as is illustrated in Fig. 3 and at the same time gate 15 drops to the closed position due to the slack in cable 80. If the material which has been loaded into the scoop is finely divided and easily displaced the gate, will drop into a fully closed position. On the other hand with some materials, such as dirt or gravel, con taining some larger pieces the gate may drop only part-way through the material, but in either case it will effectively retain the material within the scoop and prevent any substantial spilling thereof during transportation. When transporting the scoop full of material over a distance it is preferable to raise'it to a position only a few feet above the ground so that the center of gravity of the load will be maintained reasonably low'.

When it is desired to dump the load from the scoop the latch 51 is released to permit forward and downward pivotal movement of the scoop to the position shown in Fig. 4. If it is desired to V dump the material into an elevated hopper or vehicle driven forwardly so that the foremost edge of the scoop overhangs the sidewall of the receptacle before the latch 51 is released.

For automatically lifting the gate as the scoop is released to a dumping position, a chain 85 of predetermined length, is connected between the gate and the top of the carriage. This chain is only of sufiicient length to permit the lowering of gate to the fully closed position when the scoop extends horizontally. Upon forward tilting movement of the scoop, the gate 15 is restrained by chain 85 as shown in Fig. 4.

It will be obvious that during the downward travel of the carriage and scoop subsequent to a dumping operation, gate 15 is held in an open position first by chain 85 and finally by cable 89.

By detaching cable 89, gate 15 will assume a closed position when the scoop is in a lowered position so that the closed scoop can then be used for dozing operations, the lowered gate acting in the nature of a dozer element. The apparatus is also particularly useful as a concrete hopper. When so used the scoop, with the gate closed, is loaded in the horizontal position and unloaded by tripping the latch to permit the scoop to tilt while the gate is held in a substantially horizontal and open position by means of chain 85.

Having described the invention in what are considered to be preferred embodiments thereof it is desired that it be understood that the specific details shown are merely illustrative and that the invention may be carried out in other ways without departing from the spirit and scope of the following claims.

What we claim is:

1. A material handling truck, an upright secured to the forward end of said truck, a carriage mounted on said upright for vertical movement with respect thereto, a scoop having its open end forward and comprising a bottom and sidewalls, said scoop being pivotally mounted on said carriage and having a loading position in which the scoop is in a lowered position with the bottom of said scoop in a generally horizontal plane and a dumping position wherein the scoop and carriage are in a raised position with the scoop tilted forwardly and downwardly away from said carriage, a gate extending across the open end of said scoop and pivotally mounted on said scoop for vertical movement with respect to the bottom of said scoop, flexible means connecting said gate to the upper portion of said upright and of such length as to hold the gate in an open position when said scoop is in the lowered, loading position, and a second flexible means connecting said gate to said carriage and of such length as to hold the gate in an open position with respect to the scoop when said scoop is in the dumping position.

2. A bulk material handling device comprising a vehicle including a frame, an upright secured to the frame, a carriage mounted on said upright for vertical movement with respect thereto, a scoop having an open forward end and including a bottom and sidewalls, said scoop being pivotally connected at its rearward end to said carriage for pivotal movement between a horizontal'loading position and a tilted dumping position, a gate extending transversely of the open end of said scoop and being pivotally connected to said scoop for pivotal movement between lowered and raised positions with respect to the bottom of said scoop, flexible means secured to said gate and to said upright adjacent the upper end thereof, said flexible means being of a length adapted to maintain said gate in a raised position when the scoop is adjacent the lower end of said upright, and limiting means interconnecting said gate and carriage for limiting the downward movement of said gate when the scoop is tilted to a dumping position. 1

3. A bulk material handling device comprising a vehicle including a frame, an upright secured to the frame, a carriage mounted on said upright for vertical movement with respect thereto, a scoop having an open forward end and including a bottom and sidewalls, said scoop being pivotally connected 'at its rearward end to said carriage for pivotal movement between a horizontal loadin position and a dumping position, a gate extending transversely of the open end of said scoop and being pivotally connected to the sidewalls of said scoop for pivotal movement between lowered and raised positions with respect to the bottom of said scoop, flexible means secured to said gate and to said upright adjacent the upper end thereof, said flexible means being of a length adapted to retain said gate in a raised position when the scoop is in a loading position adjacent the lower end of said upright, a second flexible means secured at one end to said gate and at the other to said carriage, said second flexible means being of a length such that when the scoop is in a dumping position said gate will be held in the raised position with respect to the bottom of said scoop.

4. A material handling truck, an upright secured to the forward end of said truck, a carriage mounted on said upright for vertical movement with respect thereto, a scoop having its open end forward, said scoop being pivotally mounted on said carriage and having a loading position in which the scoop is in a lowered position wth the bottom of said scoop in a generally horizontal plane and a dumping position wherein the scoop and carriage are in a raised position with the scoop tilted forwardly and downwardly away from said carriage, a gate extending across the open end of said scoop, a pair of arms extending rearwardly from the ends of said gate, the rearmost portion of said arms being pivotally connected to the sides of said scoop, flexible means connecting said gate to the upper portion of said upright and adapted to limit the downward travel of said gate as the scoop approaches its loading position and a, second flexible means connecting said gate to said carriage and adapted to limit the downward travel of said gate as the scoop is tilted forwardly to the dumping position.

HAROLD A. WAGNER. GUSTAVE H. WAGNER.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

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